Suzanne Bennett
Encyclopedia
Suzanne Bennett was an Australia
n-born actress on Broadway
in the United States
. After her August 30, 1929 marriage to the celebrated explorer Sir George Hubert Wilkins
, she was known as Lady Hubert Wilkins. She died in 1975, and her ashes were scattered at the North Pole
from USS Bluefish
on 4 May 1975, as were her husband's from USS Skate
in 1959.
Ms. Bennet and her illustrious explorer husband were sufficiently famous to warrant a marriage announcement in the September 9, 1929 issue of Time Magazine. There it was reported that the famous Australian couple had wed in Cleveland, Ohio. That notice also credits Ms. Bennett with having appeared on stage in "Vanities" and "The Cyclone Lover".
The couple had met in New York during a reception honoring Wilkins after his famed flight over the Arctic Sea. The couple had no children during their twenty nine years of marriage.
PERFORMANCES
Guns [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Cora Chase] -Dates: Aug 6, 1928 - Sep 1928
The Cyclone Lover [Original, Play, Comedy]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Katherine] -Dates:Jun 5, 1928 - Jul 1928
What Do We Know? [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Ernestine Fox] -Dates:Dec 23, 1927 - Jan 1928
Merry-Go-Round [Original, Musical, Comedy, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:May 31, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927
Nic Nax of 1926 [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:Aug 2, 1926 - Aug 13, 1926
Port O' London [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [May] Feb 9, 1926 - Mar 1926
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1925] [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Ensemble] -Dates:Jul 6, 1925 - Dec 27, 1925
The Rat [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Mimi] -Dates:Feb 10, 1925 - May 1925
Innocent Eyes [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:May 20, 1924 - Aug 30, 1924
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n-born actress on Broadway
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. After her August 30, 1929 marriage to the celebrated explorer Sir George Hubert Wilkins
Hubert Wilkins
Sir Hubert Wilkins MC & Bar was an Australian polar explorer, ornithologist, pilot, soldier, geographer and photographer.-Early life:...
, she was known as Lady Hubert Wilkins. She died in 1975, and her ashes were scattered at the North Pole
North Pole
The North Pole, also known as the Geographic North Pole or Terrestrial North Pole, is, subject to the caveats explained below, defined as the point in the northern hemisphere where the Earth's axis of rotation meets its surface...
from USS Bluefish
USS Bluefish (SSN-675)
USS Bluefish , a Sturgeon-class attack submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the bluefish.-Construction and commissioning:...
on 4 May 1975, as were her husband's from USS Skate
USS Skate (SSN-578)
USS Skate , the third submarine of the United States Navy named for the skate, a type of ray, was the lead ship of the Skate class of nuclear submarines...
in 1959.
Ms. Bennet and her illustrious explorer husband were sufficiently famous to warrant a marriage announcement in the September 9, 1929 issue of Time Magazine. There it was reported that the famous Australian couple had wed in Cleveland, Ohio. That notice also credits Ms. Bennett with having appeared on stage in "Vanities" and "The Cyclone Lover".
The couple had met in New York during a reception honoring Wilkins after his famed flight over the Arctic Sea. The couple had no children during their twenty nine years of marriage.
PERFORMANCES
Guns [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Cora Chase] -Dates: Aug 6, 1928 - Sep 1928
The Cyclone Lover [Original, Play, Comedy]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Katherine] -Dates:Jun 5, 1928 - Jul 1928
What Do We Know? [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Ernestine Fox] -Dates:Dec 23, 1927 - Jan 1928
Merry-Go-Round [Original, Musical, Comedy, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:May 31, 1927 - Sep 24, 1927
Nic Nax of 1926 [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:Aug 2, 1926 - Aug 13, 1926
Port O' London [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [May] Feb 9, 1926 - Mar 1926
Earl Carroll's Vanities [1925] [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Ensemble] -Dates:Jul 6, 1925 - Dec 27, 1925
The Rat [Original, Play]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett [Mimi] -Dates:Feb 10, 1925 - May 1925
Innocent Eyes [Original, Musical, Revue]
Performer: Suzanne Bennett -Dates:May 20, 1924 - Aug 30, 1924
External links
- http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,737836,00.html?iid=digg_share
- http://library.osu.edu/sites/archives/polar/wilkins/wilkins.php